Fall

Ahhh... it's finally Fall. My favorite season of the year. It starts getting cooler, the leaves turn to reds and oranges and it's the time of year that I get to see my family every few weeks! This year will be even better because there will be Mike's wedding, Halloween, Thanksgiving then Christmas. And I'm sure I could find another excuse to go back and visit my fam in St George since its so close.

I had a great relaxing weekend to clean my house and unwind again. Every morning my dogs wait for my eyes to open then they both crawl on either side of me and lay their heads on my chest and cuddle. On normal days I can only do this for a few minutes before I have to get up for work. But on the weekends, they get tons of cuddle time!

We have this tiny little cat door in our garage door that Jane and Tuck like to stick their heads out of and watch us come home or to make sure no one is trying to break in through the garage. Yesterday Jane fell asleep with her head hanging out of the door. She's a guard dog to the death!

Catch the Gobbler

The first year Trav and I were married we ran a 5K race on Thanksgiving morning called "Catch the Gobbler." It was and still is the longest distance I've ever run! I trained for a few months since I'm really not at all a runner and it felt great! Plus I didn't feel quite so guilty gorging myself on Thanksgiving day after having run the longest race of my life! I know, I'm making a 3 mile jog sound like the Olympics! But I skipped 2 years and decided that this year I want to run it again. So I started my official training today. When I got home I set my odometer to 0 and drove around my entire neighborhood to measure the distance. It's only 1/2 a mile. So since I can't walk both my dogs at once, I put Tuck's leash on first and we ran about 1/4 a mile before I had to stop. I like to tell myself that Tuck was too tired but it was really me! Then I switched dogs and Jane really isn't a very good runner so we only ran a few blocks before she was stopping to smell everything. So all in all I probably ran about...1/4 plus an 1/8 of a mile...math is not my strongest skill either! I'll know I'll get better (at running, not math) just in time to Catch the Gobbler!

Finally Shelves!

So, I bought some shelves to put in our bedroom about 6 months ago. They've been sitting in our closet being ignored. Finally, I convinced Trav to help me put them up. (When I say "help me" I mean he did everything and I just told him where I wanted them.) But I love them! Trav did such a great job.

My absolute favorite part and something that will stay forever in the "favorite memories" part of my mind is when we were going through our house trying to find stuff to put on the shelves. I gathered the candles and picture frame and Travis came back from the office with this stack of books.

There are 2 reasons I love this so much!

1. Because Travis had the idea all on his own to go to our office and find all the littlest books he could. I can just picture his thought process!

2. Because I'm amazed that we had so many miniature books in our house already!

It was a fun day! I've also included some pics of how our entire room looks now that it's complete! Hurray!

Chandelier

I finally cashed in our West Elm points for this cool new chandelier. I think it looks like a jelly fish which makes Travis like it even more! Plus, it makes a cool wind chime noise when we touch it. It was funny because the first time we put it up, we didn't measure how long it would hang. It brushed the top of my head when I walked by. So we had to take it down 2 more times and shorten the pole before we got the desired height.

I also finished reading the Twilight series and I loved it. I can't wait to see the movie. Mindy and I are meeting in St George when it comes out. Everyone should come and we'll make a day of it!